Mahmoud Shukair's first major publication in English translation enthralls, surprises and even shocks as one of the world's most original of storytellers excels in exposing the surreal moments in the
Issa J. Boullata's characters are mainly emigrants to Canada and the USA from Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria. George, Kamal, Mayy, Abdullah, Nadia, William, all have to begin their lives again,